Date Span: | 1865 |
Creator: | Larimer, Ann |
Extent: | 9.00 letters. |
Collection Number: | IWA0107 |
Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
Summary: | Queen City, Iowa, resident who wrote to her husband while he was serving in the Civil War. |
Access: The papers are open for research.
Use: Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
Acquisition: The Ann Larimer letters Ann Larimer letters(donor no. 168) were purchased by the Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries, for the Iowa Women's Archives.
Preferred Citation: Ann Larimer letters, Iowa Women Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.
Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
Address: | 100 Main Library University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
Phone: | 319-335-5068 |
Curator: | Kären Mason |
Email: | lib-women@uiowa.edu |
Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa |
Ann Larimer was married to John Larimer. They had two children, one daughter and one son. The Larimers lived in Queen City, Iowa, a small town that no longer exists. During John Larimer's service in the Civil War, his wife wrote to him frequently, telling him of the latest news about their friends, updating him on family matters, informing him about his mother's death, and trying to console him and wish him well in the war.
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Series 1: LETTERS
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